Malaika Holmen by David Gomez-Maestre for Vogue Espana June 2022

Model Malaika Holmen poses in the sands of Los Arenales del Sol, lensed by Paris-based David Gomez-Maestre [IG]. Alba Roces styles Holmen for Vogue España June 2022.

Born in Gothenburg to a father who was adopted from Liberia and grew up in Tanzania and Sweden, and a Somali mother – also a model – Malaika Holmen speaks with Tom Pattinson about a new generation of Nordic models broadening the global message of what it means to be Scandinavian.